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Books

Posted 25 July 2012 - 06:09 AM

I used to read a bunch but school caught up with me so I haven't been reading as much. Recently I heard about "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" and I put it on my list of things to buy. After getting paid and hearing it's soon to be a movie, I bought it and I just now finished it. Probably my favorite book ever.

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Posted 25 July 2012 - 06:44 AM

I decided recently that I'd read books with titles in the frame "X & Y" or "The X and the Y". Seemed a good way to get around to a bunch of books that I'd been meaning to get around to. So of course I'm reading War and Peace.
Turns out it's actually quite good - the old boy had a real knack for the powerful moment, which comes through even Constance Garnett's atrocious translation. I'll have to read it as rendered by someone with a less tinny ear.

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I'm about halfway through the final book in the Quickening trilogy by Fiona Macintosh. It's your typical fantasy type series. Like H4nnib4l, not too thought provoking, but a decent enough read.

I also recently finished reading a trilogy by Brandon Sanderson called the Mistborn. Now that was a really good series. For being 'Yet-Another-Fantasy-Trilogy', it was surprisingly good, and he did something rather unusual to replace your typical magic.

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Posted 25 July 2012 - 06:59 AM

You should totes read 50 Shades of Grey. I hear it's great for fapping.

On a serious note, however, I've most recently read "The Power of Habit" by Charles Duhigg and "Soul of a Citizen" by Paul Loeb. It was almost like reading the same book. I really don't recommend them. Total lack of boobage.

My kid is trying to talk me into reading Twilight. I've been finding excuses to not read it and as such haven't started anything interesting lately, though I do have a copy of Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose" that I would like to start soon.

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Oh and if anyone's looking for something to read - Wil Wheaton put out a chunk of his ebook for free..

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FREE ebook: From Memories of the Future Volume One: Where No One Has Gone Before and Datalore

For everyone going to see the special screenings of these classic episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, here are Where No One Has Gone Before, and Datalore excerpted in their entirety from Memories of the Future, Volume One.

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who has time to read--- work 40+ hours 2 kids both in sports and i play hockey mix in house chores, eating and such leaves just enough time for shower and bed.

I do all this (minus the playing hockey - haven't done that since college) plus running to ballet, karate, and piano lessons, and frequent trips to Pittsburgh and specialists for a diabetic child, plus freelance projects on the side - and I do it all without a partner for support or assistance. Waiting for a kid to finish soccer practice/basketball practice/dance class/karate class/piano lessons/after school art club/doctor's office waiting room == reading time for mom.